Half Day Hike – Wilcahuain Ruins

The Wilcahuain archaeological site is an easy7 km walk on a good path from Huaraz. The ruins date to about 600 to 900 AD and the Wari Empire. The main 3 – story building housed the mummies of the Wari ancestors. The building is roofed with massive stone slabs and contains a complicated system of ventilation ducts. You will marvel at how they managed to so accurately construct the building and place the massive stone slabs without the aid of modern technology.

Grade: Easy
4 hours hike and then we take a car back to Huaraz
Maximum altitude = 3500m
Hiking distance approx. 7kms